Track and hanger



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- RENEWED MAY 23,1921- Patented Dec. 6,' 1921.

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APPLICATION FILED N0 1,399,616.

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Specification of Letters Fatent.

Patented Dec. 6, 1%21.

Application filed November 19, 1917, Serial No. 202,831. Renewed May 23, 1921. Serial No. 4'?1,970.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, JOHN L. GUERRANT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residin at Sedalia, in the county of Pettis and btate of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Track and Hanger, of which the following is a specification.

The subject of this invention is a track and hanger intended for use with sliding doors and especially with car doors.

The main object of the invention is to provide a Weather proof car door.

Another object is to provide a hanger for suspending a sliding door.

Another object is to provide a hanger which will prevent the door from swinging away from the side of the car.

Still another object is to provide an easy sliding door.

Still another object is to provide a simple durable, cheap and eflicient track and hanger.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the com blllalllOIl and arran ement of arts and 1n the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Practical embodiments of the invention are shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a cross section of a track and hanger, a fragment of a door and car side being shown;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view in elevation, a portion being in section;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary cross section of a modified form of hanger;

Fig. 4 is a similar view of still another form.

Referring to the drawings by numerals of reference The upper longitudnial side beam of a car is represented at 1, and beside this beam and preferably under the eaves of the car, extends a supporting beam 2.

Plates 3 are secured to each side of the beam 2 by means of a bolt 3' or otherwise. The lower edge of each plate 3 is turned inwardly and upwardly, as indicated at 4:, to

form a channel. Within each channel thus formed a series of rollers 5 are mounted on pins or axles 6. The pins or axles 6 are sup ported by the inner and outer walls of the channels at fixed points, with the rollers spaced above the bottoms of the channels and extending slightly above the inner walls.

l Vhile only one pair of rollers is illustrated herein, it is to be understood that these rollers are arranged at intervals along the track.

The arms 7 of a T-bar rest on the rollers 5 and the leg or flange 8 of the T-bar depends between the rollers and is secured between the boards at the upper edge of the door 9 by bolts 10 or otherwise.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 3 the leg 8 of the T-bar is shorter, the bar being the stock bar now on the market. In this instance it is necessary to secure metal strips 11 on each side of the leg 8' by means of rivets 12 or otherwise and these strips are bent to embrace or straddle the upper edge of the door, to which they are secured by bolts 10' only one of which is shown.

A still further modification is shown in Fig. at wherein metal plates 11" are secured together by rivets 12 or otherwise to form the leg of the T and have their upper edges bent outwardly to form the cross arms 7 of the T. The lower ends of these plates straddle the door in the manner described, and illustrated in Fig. 3, and may be secured to the door as therein shown or in any other suitable manner.

As will be understood from a consideration of Fig. 1, it is practically impossible for rain or snow to heat through the hanger thus provided. The irregular path to be followed before the inside of the door is reached renders entrance of foreign sub stance extremely unlikely. The inner walls of the channels in extending upwardly will prevent the rain beating against the rollers,- and said walls also provide baffles to retard the passage of air from one side of the door to the other, in connection with the arms or flanges of the hanger. The rollers are thus protected from rain and moisture, and any water which may enter the track will be trapped in the channels, to flow out of the ends thereof.

The door operates after the manner of the usual sliding door which operation is well known in the art.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new-and sought by Letters Patent, is: V

The combination of a track including a beam and plates overlapping and secured to opposite sides of the beam and depending therefrom, said plates being provided with portions at their lower edges extending inwardly toward one another under the beam and then extending upwardly to form chan nels for trapping water therein which may enter the track, axles secured to and bracing the walls of the'channels at longitudinal points thereof, rollers mounted on said axles within said channels above the bottoms thereof, and a door hanger movable between said channels and having flanges extending away from one another and overhanging said channels and seated on the rollers.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN LAYTON GUERRANT.

Witnesses B. E. KINNEY, OPAL M. SoHonLL. 

